English

The English Studies Department

英语系致力于帮助每一位学生成为最有效的交流者. 这种承诺的前提是语言是开启学生潜能的钥匙. Through writing, reading, and discussion, 主要的焦点是面对在古典和当代文学中明显的道德基础. Organizational skills and research techniques are developed through this program. Students are required to complete four years of an English sequence for graduation. Questions about appropriate leveling should be directed to the Department Chair.

Writing Guidelines

Formatting a Paper According to MLA Guidelines as Seen on OWL Purdue University Website

1” margins on all four sides
Double spacing throughout the paper
Font used is the equivalent of 12 Times New Roman.
Name and page # on each page if document is more than one page
页面左侧的四行标题按以下顺序包括:学生姓名(拼写正确), instructor’s name (spelled correctly), class name, date (day month year—without punctuation)
论文的标题没有下划线/斜体(除非是书籍或戏剧的标题), nor are they ever bolded.
Paragraphs are indented.
Works Cited—not underlined, not bolded, and centered on page
Listing(s) on works cited formatted correctly. (This includes alphabetical order if more than one listing, correct margins for each listing, correct punctuation and information within each listing.)
In-text citation(s) formatted correctly.
Quotations of more than four lines are double indented.

Courses Offered

In this course, 学生每周将有六节课学习短篇小说的基本结构和意义, the novel, the Shakespearean play, and poetry. The curriculum uses the official Pre-AP 1 resources from the College Board, including norm-referenced tests. 一个强大的写作和语法程序开始在这门课程的写作过程, research techniques, and grammatical structure with emphasis on studying diction and syntax. 预ap课程旨在支持不同水平的阅读和写作的学习者，而不是荣誉课程或高级课程(根据大学理事会规则)。. 一个强大的写作和语法程序开始在这门课程的写作过程, research techniques, and grammatical structure with emphasis on studying diction and syntax. The curriculum includes: Romeo and Juliet, Of Mice and Men, The Sunflower, The Odyssey，一本科幻小说，一个澳门威尼斯人网上赌场神话的单元，以及各种散文、短篇小说和诗歌.

In this skills-focused course, 学生每周将有六节课的学习，以培养在ap预科课程中取得成功所必需的技能. 学生学习短篇小说、小说、回忆录和诗歌的基本结构和含义. A composition and grammar program begins in this course, focusing on the writing skills, research techniques, and grammar and syntax required to be successful sophomore year. The curriculum includes: Our Town, Of Mice and Men, The Sunflower, Fahrenheit 451, The Odyssey, and various essays, articles, short stories, and poems.

Pre-AP 2英语课程是为普通水平的学生开设的，它建立在Pre-AP 1英语的基础上. Students develop awareness of the writer (poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, reporter, writer of non-fiction) manipulates language to persuade, inform, and entertain. Students will read closely and analyze a range of complex literary and informational texts. They learn to identify textual evidence for support in their discussions and writing, 除了学习识别作者和说话者如何使用特定的单词和句子来说服/改变思想, emotions, and actions of readers and listeners. The curriculum uses the official Pre-AP 2 resources from the College Board, including norm-referenced tests.

By the end of each unit, 学生完成两个多项选择测试以及写作任务，他们撰写精心设计和细致入微的分析段落和文章. To help the students have the vocabulary need for their reading assignments, Membean, the school’s vocabulary program, is integral to this course. Lastly, to help students become life-long readers and explore different types of books, over the course of the year, students will select and read four free choice high school level books, a different genre for each quarter. 预ap课程旨在支持不同水平的阅读和写作的学习者，而不是荣誉课程或高级课程(根据大学理事会规则)。.

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation, writing sample and high test scores. 本课程使学生成为以文学为重点的散文的熟练读者，并成为为各种目的写作的熟练作家. 这门写作课程使学生能够理解复杂的文本，写出足够丰富和复杂的散文，与成熟的读者进行有效的交流. The study of language itself –differences between oral and written discourse, formal and informal language, historical changes in speech and writing-becomes the basis for this class. Texts include: On Writing Well, The Merchant of Venice, Bartleby the Scrivener, The Things They Carried, As I lay Dying, The Road, The Shallows and Death of a Salesman. 在完成这门课程后，学生应该能够:分析和解释好的写作样本, identifying and explaining an author’s use of rhetorical strategies and techniques; apply effective strategies in their own writing; write in a variety of genres and contexts; understand the progression of ideas inherent in American literature. Students are expected to complete a research paper. This course prepares students to take the AP English Language Exam in May.

Homework Requirement: 1.5-2 hours per night

Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation. In this weekly seminar, students will examine a wide range of texts paying close attention to the author’s reality, style of writing, and historical background. Readings include a Shakespeare comedy, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denosovitch, the Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Einstein’s Dreams, Brave New World, The Golem and the Ginni and fairy Tales. Awareness of diction and syntax is stressed.

Homework Requirement: 2 hours per week

Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation. These weekly seminars provide students with additional opportunities to read, write and discuss literature. The junior curriculum is aimed at understanding the American experience. These students read Macbeth, The Autobiography of Fredrick Douglas, The Scarlet Letter, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Walden, Self-Reliance, The Great Gatsby and The Grapes of Wrath. Students complete a research paper focusing on the theme of The American Dream. Seminars meet Friday mornings at 7:20 a.m.

Homework Requirement: 1 hour per week

前提条件:教师推荐，适当的写作样本，高标准化考试成绩.
AP英语四级侧重于培养学生的解释能力和写作能力，为学生在大学水平的高级工作做好准备，并在AP考试中脱颖而出. Selections are drawn from a wide range of historical periods. 学生必须广泛阅读，并通过广泛的讨论和写作来反思他们的阅读. 学生必须对课外的阅读量承担相当大的责任, completing written logs on all readings. Authors covered include Wilde, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Voltaire, Bronte, Ellison, Woolf, Eliot, and Orwell. Each semester, two 800-word analytic papers are required. Expository essays, often based on A.P. test questions, are completed weekly in class. Students complete a portfolio for their final exam.

Homework Requirement: 1.5 hours per night.

那些没有在大三或大四选修AP英语的学生可以从以下选项中选择一门课程. These courses may be taken at grade level or honors level.

This senior elective focuses on journalistic ethics, news writing, editing, advertising, web analysis, and design. Emphasis is placed on interviewing techniques, writing skills, and photography layout. 学生检查专业的新闻稿件，并写自己的稿件，希望在出版 The Crown Prints.

Homework Requirement: 2 hours per week

This semester class will explore the impact of literature as it affects moral decisions. Texts will include: 《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》、《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》、《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》、《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》、《澳门威尼斯人网上赌场》. 学生还将完成原创性研究，为一位在世的榜样撰写1000字的传记. Students will earn honors credit if they read The Picture of Dorian Gray, write a 1500 word paper, and perform 25-30 lines from Hamlet.